Power Stone Collection (PSP)

Here’s to Capcom’s Power Stone Collection (PSP), and the best $6 dollars I’ve spent so far this year! The collection features both Power Stone, and Power Stone 2, originally produced for the Dreamcast, and while I hate to admit that it’s my first go around with the games, they’ve quickly endeared themselves as a couple of the best fighters I’ve played and excel as the perfect “pick up and play” games. I love the zany characters, the art direction and the collection is simply a blast to play — particularly given the frantic action on screen as you attempt to beat down the opponent while collecting the Power Stones (which allow you to transform into a new, more powerful form). Its games like this that make Capcom so awesome and now you can add my voice to those hearkening for a Power Stone 3! Fortunately, according to Producer Kazuhiro Tsuchiya in an interview at IGN, that’s still a possibility one day down the road:

The different hardware out there now is capable of handling the graphics and sound of a Power Stone game, so it’s possible that a Power Stone game could appear on another system, but we would want a unique game idea to work with. If we had a great idea for a Power Stone on another system, that is something we would definitely look into doing.

There has been some talk of a sequel at Capcom since, but so far nothing official, so I’ll enjoy this in the meantime and hope for news to come — sooner rather than later!